Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Biden leading Trump in Michigan, tied in North Carolina
By Jason Lange and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden led President Donald Trump by 5 percentage points among likely voters in Michigan, while the t...
Sep 22, 2020
Handmaid’s Tale? U.S. Supreme Court candidate’s religious community under scrutiny
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Some have likened People of Praise, a self-described charismatic Christian community, to the totalitarian, male-dominated society of Margaret Atwood's novel "The Handmaid'...
Sep 22, 2020
Trump and Biden set to clash on Supreme Court, five other topics in first debate
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will spar for 90 minutes over the Supreme Court, the coronavirus, voting integrity and "race and violence in our c...
Sep 22, 2020
White House urges Congress to pass separate aid bill for airlines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is urging House of Representatievs Speaker Nancy Pelosi to pass separate bills to aid airlines and other sectors, given failure to agree on a broader pa...
Sep 22, 2020
Billionaire Bloomberg raises millions to help restore Florida felon voting rights
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has raised over $16 million to help former felons restore their voting rights in the critical battleground state of Florida, a person fami...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. Labor Department could make it easier to treat workers as independent contractors
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday said it would soon propose a rule that could make it easier to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees,...
Sep 22, 2020
U.S. House may delay Tuesday vote on government funding bill, as talks continue: Democratic aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives may delay the expected Tuesday afternoon vote on a bill to fund the government through Dec. 11, because discussions are continuing about its pr...
Sep 22, 2020
Two Senate Democrats want FAA to release data on Boeing 737 MAX review
(Reuters) - Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to make public all data and information used to justify the Boeing MAX's return to ...
Sep 22, 2020
Republican Party courts Hispanic voters with new voter registration website
By Jarrett Renshaw Philadelphia (Reuters) - The Republican National Committee on Tuesday unveiled its latest effort to attract Hispanic voters: a new Spanish-language website that helps register voter...
Sep 22, 2020
Biden would end trade war with EU, but focus on fixing imbalance in agricultural trade: adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden would end the "artificial trade war" that U.S. President Donald Trump has waged against Europe, while working to address persistent imbalances in agricultural...
Sep 22, 2020
